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CEE’s Economic Insight.
By Peter Hutchinson on 13 February 2012 - 2:49pm0 comments | Read moreA round up of weekly economic news from Northern Ireland and beyond
Northern Ireland
A common analogy of Northern Ireland’s economy over the last 30 years is of one that has been flat-lining. This makes the local housing and construction bubble, which burst in 2007, all the more remarkable. A report published this week showed that house prices are still falling and did so by a further...
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CEE's Economic Insight
By Peter Hutchinson on 3 February 2012 - 4:23pm0 comments | Read moreA weekly roundup of economic news from Northern Ireland and beyond
Northern Ireland
This week began with the publication of the DETI Economic Commentary. The stand out statistic was that total exports in Northern Ireland grew by 9.5% over the last year. This information is based on DETI’s new Exports Monitor and will be welcome news to the Minister, who is making growth in exports a...
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CEE's Economic Insight
By Peter Hutchinson on 30 January 2012 - 4:38pm0 comments | Read moreA weekly roundup of economic news from Northern Ireland and beyond
Northern Ireland
This was a tumultuous week in the retail sector, beginning with the Minister for Finance introducing the large retail levy in the Northern Ireland Assembly and ending with the publication of a CBI report which indicated...
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CEE's Economic Insight
By Peter Hutchinson on 16 January 2012 - 11:22am0 comments | Read moreA roundup of economic news from Northern Ireland and beyond
Northern Ireland
General predictions for the economy in 2012 could not be described as confident and as we face the New Year, spirits will not have been lifted by the last examination of Northern Ireland’s performance in 2011 - the Ulster Bank’s latest PMI results for December...
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Opinion Piece - Brendan Mulgrew - The Titanic Project
By Peter Hutchinson on 21 December 2011 - 8:57am3 comments | Read moreThis article was published by the Irish News on 20 December 2012
Every Saturday morning as I convert the family car into a taxi and begin a marathon round of kids drops offs and pick ups, I tune into Radio 5 Live and I have the hilarious Danny Baker for company. This Saturday as post office party eh, dehydration, was also on the cards, Danny let us know what he thinks of the news. He reckoned that all news broadcasts should be banned until a week after Christmas when they...
